Taken

An upsetting report of a dog kidnap and killing.

Dundrum based Robert Kenny, of Happy Tails Pet Detective agency contacted Leinster Animal Rescue to tell them of the alleged crime.

He had this to say:

THIS IS CLARA A 5 MONTH OLD TERRIOR CROSS I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST 2 WEEKS.THIS EVENING THE DOG WAS RECOVERED DEAD AFTER A RANSOM DEAL WASNT MET BY ME AND HER OWNER.THE CONDITIONS OF THE ANIMAL WERE HORRENDOUS.I WILL HAVE AN AUTOPSY CARRIED OUT TOMMORROW AND SHALL PROCEED TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUALS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR THIS CRIMINAL END.PET DETECTIVE

The young dog was not a pedigree but may have been mistaken as such. The owner, dog-trainer Julie Holmes, posted a €500 reward after the dog, who was not of value for resale, went missing in the Clondalkin area on March 20th. The dog was microchipped and Julie speculated the dog had been stolen for breeding. The Clondalkin News reports anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in the number of missing dogs in recent weeks, with a spokesman at Clondalkin Garda Station saying that there is a large number of missing dog posters in the station at present.
“There is an epidemic of dogs being stolen left, right and centre,” said Julie, who rescued Clara from Laois Animal Rescue in November last year.

Why the hell didnt they pay the ransom??? I had my dog stolen and would have paid anything to get her back! I hired this so called ‘pet detective’ who cost me almost 2,000 euro and even though he did not find my dog I still paid him. My dog was dumped thankfully and found by a lovely couple so I am one of the lucky ones..

whoever you are you couldnt lie straight in bed…ive never charged that type of money.if your name ends sinnott nothing would surprise me the crap that comes from you..im still waiting for my fee as are half the country youve ripped off

7 Psychopaths is a crap film with Colin Farrel I saw recently and in it 2 characters run a dog kidnapping business, they steal dogs wait for poster with a reward to appear and then show up for payment. Seems to have had a effect.

This is nonsense! Robert Kenny did not contact Leinster Animal Rescue. He is Leinster Animal Rescue!!!!! And it is not true that a ransom demand was not met by the owner. A reward of 500 euro was offered and NO-ONE attempted to collect it. Furthermore, Clara did not suffer horrific injuries. She drowned. Oh, and that’s a very professional reply Mr Kenny. Par for the course!